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NPP faces rough ride to polls

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 Source: Reuters

Weaving his yellow taxi through the traffic-choked streets of Accra, James Osie says Ghana's ruling party has grown fat on the money of the people.

That's why he wants it to stay in office after December's elections.

"The guys in power have already chop (eaten) so they won't chop too much more," said Osie, slipping into West African pidgin English. "The others, they are too hungry. They will spend a long time stealing before they think of us."

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Columnist: Reuters